as in authors
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writers
Yet that hardly mattered, since what was forming was a community that the players now liken to the artists and writers of Paris in the ’20s.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
These writers will work under the latest Public Television Freelance Agreement, which the WGA East ratified in December after a lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiation cycle with PBS, narrowly avoiding a strike.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Books about books, or bookstores, or people who work in bookstores, or in publishing, or in libraries, or anything book-adjacent, are not in short supply, perhaps for the obvious reason that writers are by definition people who are drawn to, and often write about, books.
—Susan Coll
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The views expressed in this article are the writers' own.
—John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The co-writers circulated the casino, fielding a wave of congratulatory remarks from the writers, producers and fellow filmmakers that made up the exclusive guest list.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, the startup wants to give everyday users the tools to become writers, directors, and even stars of their own shows.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Observer writers predict Carolina Panthers season opener Fowler and Zietlow split last year’s predictor title, which was pretty incredible considering how topsy-turvy last year was and how differently their predictions went week to week.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
These writers will work under the latest Public Television Freelance Agreement, which the WGA East ratified in December after a lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiation cycle with PBS, narrowly avoiding a strike.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Books about books, or bookstores, or people who work in bookstores, or in publishing, or in libraries, or anything book-adjacent, are not in short supply, perhaps for the obvious reason that writers are by definition people who are drawn to, and often write about, books.
—Susan Coll
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The views expressed in this article are the writers' own.
—John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The co-writers circulated the casino, fielding a wave of congratulatory remarks from the writers, producers and fellow filmmakers that made up the exclusive guest list.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, the startup wants to give everyday users the tools to become writers, directors, and even stars of their own shows.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Observer writers predict Carolina Panthers season opener Fowler and Zietlow split last year’s predictor title, which was pretty incredible considering how topsy-turvy last year was and how differently their predictions went week to week.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writers
authors
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The rapidly changing publishing environment has opened opportunities for players like Publishizer, as well as crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where authors also run preorder campaigns.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The authors of the Cheyava Falls paper spent a year in the peer-review process, and during that time their discovery was publicly known.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Writers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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